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Caption:Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and fellow members from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party attend a plenary session of the lower house at parliament in Tokyo on December 27, 2012. Abe was elected Japan's prime minister by the lower house of parliament on December 26 after he swept to power on a hawkish platform of getting tough on diplomatic issues while fixing the economy. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and fellow members from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party attend a plenary session of the lower house at parliament in Tokyo on December 27, 2012. Abe was elected Japan's prime minister by the lower house of parliament on December 26 after he swept to power on a hawkish platform of getting tough on diplomatic issues while fixing the economy. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and fellow members from the... News PhotoAttending,Domination,Equality,Event,Government,Horizontal,Japan,Japanese Liberal Democratic Party,New,Parliament Building,People,Plenary Session,Politics,Prime Minister,Shinzo Abe,Tokyo - JapanPhotographer KAZUHIRO NOGICollection: AFP 2012 AFPJapan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and fellow members from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party attend a plenary session of the lower house at parliament in Tokyo on December 27, 2012. Abe was elected Japan's prime minister by the lower house of parliament on December 26 after he swept to power on a hawkish platform of getting tough on diplomatic issues while fixing the economy. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)